Newcastle Win 3-0 In Nervous Performance – Cardiff Relegated

Newcastle won this game 3-0 against a poor looking Cardiff City side who are now relegated to the Championship after one season in the Premier League, and while Newcastle played well in the first half, and Sissoko put over a great cross for Shola to head home after 18 minutes for his second successive goal in home games, it was a very nervous second half for Newcastle, before late goals from Loic Remy (who else?) and Steven Taylor – who scored his 14th goal for the club, in what could turn out to be his final appearance at St. James’ Park.

Shola Ameobi – after scoring first goal
And there was a walk-out after 69 minutes, but not many fans took the advice of the fan groups – and most stayed on – but it was still a frustrating afternoon, with Newcastle playing very nervously in that second period, and before Remy scored the second after 87 minutes, Cardiff were in with a chance to even win the game but missed their chances.

But we suppose that is what happens when Newcastle have not won a game in the last six., and they were certainly nervous until the Remy goal.

But before the second goal Cardiff had chances that they could not take, and Newcastle had to be thankful to Tim Krul for one great save, and Coloccini somehow kicked off the line seconds later – and Cardiff had three good chances in a minute after 76 minutes of the game, as the visitors were in Newcastle’s half for most of the second half.

And after 79 minutes Vurnon Anita was replaced by Steven Taylor, as Newcastle were defending to try to get the win.

Not what you expect when you are playing the bottom of the league side at home.

Stoke hammered Fulham 4-1 at home so remain 2 points behind Newcastle, and if Crystal Palace don’t beat Liverpool at home on Monday night we are at least 10th in the league.

Fulham are relegated because Sunderland deservedly won 1-0 at Old Trafford to get 10 points form their last four games and they should have had four wins being unlucky not to get the win at the Etihad stadium in the first of those four games.

My pal Peter, who is a Sunderland fan – will be very happy (indeed).

As expected, there were chants from the crowd wanting Pardew out, and banners wanting both Ashley and Pardew out – but after this 3 points with the probability we can still finish in 10th place – it could well e that no changes will be made by owner Mike Ashley.

We will have to see what happens after our final game next Sunday at Liverpool.

i think myself it is going to be that pardew will be with us at the start of the season.

i ask fans everywhere to do this club a favour. rather than screaming at this fat greedy b@stard and asking or pardew to get sacked lets all just get behind the team and return the stadium to it’s old atmosphere because we will surely be getting more players this summer and they all come because they consider fans loyal.

the number of fans remaining today shows it’s going to be just too hard to get him out and as for good managers we will get one after 10 games next season.

I was reading the late sir bobby robson biography and the season we finished 5th, when the players went on the lap of honor 35 thousand left the ground before hand only 15 thousand stayed, harsh/well deserved matter of opinion, but please forgive me (i understand people bring their kids who want to watch the toon, so not to be a total prick), the fans who clapped and cheered the players are nothing more then pathetic lemmings and im ashamed of my fellow toon supporter

Clearly this match was going to decide his future, but unfortunately he got rather too lucky with the likes of Krul and Coloccini saving his @ss.

Another 6 years is what the fans should expect as minumum as due to fans keep on attending and cheering on the team for the awful football we play, the more he will come out with stupid comments of how he is the “right man” for the job.

Keep on paying into the regime and not protesting, I do not understand what else you can complain and argue about, cause the fans are the only people responsible for this mess to go on for ages now. Since 2008, thats over 6 years now.

I wish I had as much hope in me as you did mate, but all the hope has been sucked out by the cancer and growing tumour in the club.

It’s not fair to insult fans who stayed rather than walking out. They wanted to watch their team play and get behind the players on the pitch. Protest at half time, maybe everyone then their backs but I wouldn’t have walked out either.

Fair play to those who did for at least following through, but I don’t happen to agree with them.

Don’t agree with all the sick abuse Pardew is getting, only human the poor sod and the players and the board have not helped him at all. Overall done a decent job, but the team he had a one point promised so much more.

I do agree with him getting moved on though, the club is leaderless right now lacking purpose and direction and needs reconstructing all the way through with principles of a way to play football.

I’m sorry ToonDarnSarf, it is what it is!!! If you asked all them fans if your happy with the situation how many wold say “i like whats happening”, none would but they do nothing and when people stand up and do something honorable they do nothing…

So we beat Cardiff reserves 3-0 . Well done . And well done to the scabs who stayed behind to cheer the con man and his troops off at the final whistle . You will be sorry next year . You had your chance toake a statement today , but you let every true fan down .thanks

Honourable in whose opinion? Not mine. I give them credit for at least following through with it, unlike the cowards who no doubt said they would walk out and then refused…but I think the honourable thing is to get behind the team.

was watching football focus earlier and it showed crystal palaces club secretary who was just like any other secretary i.e middle aged woman but guess wat at this club he’s now director of football!!

if that doesn’t show to anyone that a new manager isn’t in any way shape or form the answer to this clubs promblems then you probably deserve to be saying the same things over and over for seasons to come!

I’m not referring to the people who walked out. I’m referring to those of them who will be on here insulting people who didn’t. Those who are on this blog regularly insulting people who don’t want to react the way they do. They are a minority. That was just proven.

I don’t claim to. All sorts of different fans. I don’t agree with those who walked out but it’s their right to if they want. I’d rather see more unity with the fans and maybe all turning their backs once the players have left the pitch at half time.

I am not Pardew fan but tbf, M.Ashley has hung Pards out to dry. He sells the clubs best players and expects Pardew to do a job with a paper thin squad. Selling Cabaye was the biggest mistake NUFC have done since the B.Robson sacking. Collo was our best player today, had it not een for him, Cardiff would have equalized and probably would have sensed blood and went for the jugular. Big thanx to Collo. Unfortunately, he probably will not be here next season. There will be a few others on their bike also. Debuchy, Remy, Hba just t o name a few. BIG rebuilding to do.

their are very few like us two who think about the long term of the club.

this season was a very good first half but that is history. that is why HBA is so great a player, he has lots of poor games and just 1 good game but one good game is good when they are short term fans.

i just wish fans would either all unit and do the protest like liverpool did because the way they are acting at the minute is just embarrassing.

Scored less goals at SJP than the side that was relegated, a manager who was banned for seven games for headbutting another player, best player sold and not replaced, six game losing run in the EPL etc etc etc etc

I know the Steward who trued to take the banner down was only doing his job but the big geordie who blocked him was brilliant, can’t lip read but he probably said something like “How man, if you touch that f@kcing banner I’ll throw you down that stairs lol.

I was not one of those who left but tbf, those who did can only vent their anger and opinions by leaving the stadium early and waving banners. These rich owneres are so far removed from reality there is no other way to let Ashley know how the fans feel. People work hard to pay for expensive season tickets so they want to see a winning team and a trophy once in a blue moon. Unfortunately, NUFC couldnt win a raffle atm nevermind a trophy. The only way to do that is to stop selling our best players and invest money in the team. Give the manager the tools to win something. Even the great Bobby Robson would struggle to finish top half with sme of the muppets we have playing for us atm. Great win today though

I’d still like to see him gone. But at least the club can justify keeping him if they want to. If he’s our manager when next season kicks off and if we set a target of minimum top 8 then I’ll be right behind him and the team.

I noticed when the fans left early it seemed to affect what was happening on the pitch. The players seemed to react to the walk out which nearly resulted in an equalizer. I am not saying this was the supporters fault because people are passionate about the club and can only do what the feel at the time. We must try and keep Collo, Remy, Debuchy, Krul and Tiote and sort thing out with HBA and get a team built around these players. I really think we need half a dozen players but i think we will only see replacements and one or two extra bodies.

Hi Fans, I delivered the goods when it mattered again – which is more than you lot could muster in the way of a protest. Ha Ha – ROFL (I think the term is) or is it LMFAO? Either way I’m safe, Big Mike’s is happy again – and the future looks very lucrative for me indeed – especially with you servile lot still paying out wads on season tickets and Wonga shirts. You couldn’t make it up. Keep smiling, y’all! PP

Lee Charnley says top 10 was a minimum target.
Pardew said that top 10 was a target.
Pardew said that there was no target at all, but something that was decided with the coaching staff, they came to a conclusion to set there out targets….

Some of you guys just insulting people want to take a good look at yourselves. I, and the fans who stayed, have opinions on the club as valid as yours. Perhaps if you listened to our views, as we are forced to listen to yours, then we may find some consensus amongst the fans and a way to unite to demand specific change.

My son and I walked out on 69 minutes, not because i think i am a spokesperson for the majority of fans, not because i think it was the Honorable thing to do……..I walked out on 69 minutes for the simple reason that I am sick to the back teeth of this regime, the 3rd rate manager and coaches, the lack of investment and the lies they surround themselves with.
I was given the opportunity to be part of an effort to show that I am not happy with the way things are going, the club is treading water if not going backwards and it seems like I as a fan am taken for a mug, expected to believe the lies and deceit coming out of all the management, from Lee Charnley to Alan Pardew and basically anything which comes out of the club is spin , lies or avoids the subject.
Pardew was apparently brought in to bring through youth players and develope them into premier league players, he is a failure, he cannot man manage, has no discernible tactics and does not utilise players in their correct positions.
These are my qualms with the club, as well as the lack of sustained investment, lack of direction and total lack of empathy from the club to its customers.
Ashley OUT Pardew Out.
HWTL

Good talking to those of you who talk with respect, whether we agree or not. Heading off now but I really hope that we, as fans, can find something to unite about. Nothing to fight for on the pitch sadly so it looks like fans are just picking other battles…

Personally I’d like to see us demand specific changes at the club, like an experienced football person running the club or a more attractive style of play.

You say you stayed to support the players, the same players that packed there bags up ever since January Transfer Window.

You say that people are insulting the fans that stayed?
Did you not check all the insults that the fans got for leaving at 60th and 69th min today?

It was all from the fans that stayed and even some cheering Pardew on.

The fans that stayed have shown they are happy with the regime and the direction the club is going.

A protest, any protest, and bad publicity would have affected Mike Ashley as badly as it has affected Pardew today.

Fans that stayed in are simply too happy to boycott or protest against the current regime.

One game and the fans that stayed and think Pardew is “messiah” because we won by 3 goals.

Did you not see how lucky we got today? if it was not for Krul and Coloccini it was sure to be 0-3 to them not us.

The team that is bottom of the league and we parked the bus and brought on another defender then went 5 at the back.

Your views do not count if you lot are hypocrites.
You lot stay in, pay game after game and yet still complain about the regime and Pardew but repeat in a cycle and still attend games and laughing it out.

You need to question fans like yourselves not the fans that spent money and have shown the CHANGE of boycotting and protesting showing how frustrated they have grown after giving the regime chance after chance.

The fans that did the boycott and protesting deserve the biggest respect from other fans.

BUT, it was the other way round as the FANS that stayed in the stadium were being abusive and insulting to the fans that left.

I really hope so mate. Ashley likes a bargain and its world cup in the summer so players prices rise considerably. It would be wise to get the players in very early and hopefully one or two are involved i the world cup so we can watch them to see what they offer to NUFC lol.

Just returned from SJP, more interest in the stand with HBA Ian box and stewards preventing kids from getting autographs. I didn’t walk, partly because of the shamanistic organisation which saw some leave at 60mins and some at 69, we’re as disorganised as the club at time. Mostly I didn’t walk because SJP in MY ground, regardless of who the owner is and the lack of passion on the pitch. I will be there in my seat long after pardew and Ashley and all those on the pitch have shuffled off.

That said I was in no way going to hang around to give them a lap of honour. Today however was the final straw for re. Pardew. He should have stood up in his area and take the frustration of the fans, sure it would have died down after ten mins, but rather the man hid in the shadows. It was a cowardly act from a man who is supposed to represent a brave and passionate club.

I walked away from the cathedral on the hill strangely depressed to have won 3-0, but know the heart and soul has been progressively ripped out of our park.

My interpretation is Ashley gives a damn about where we finish.
He leaves it to Carr,Pardew,Charnley to run the club…doesent talk with them often..except budget..
Charnley(or kinnear) Pardew Players discussed their targets…and themselves set top 10..Internal target..Thats what Charnley read out..

Everyone can believe what they want…who set the target…was it a target..

Although i still hold firm in my belief that Pardew is not to blame for everything that has happened, i DO believe that the losing streak and lack of goals (until today) are due half to the fact Pardew has given up, and half because 90 % of the players also have given up. I would sack everyone who has unprofessionally given up. And throw the owner out because he has had a big hand in everyone giving up. Trouble is, if we do that, it leaves us with steven taylor as GK/DF and Shola as owner/player-manager

“We haven’t won our fans back by any stretch of the imagination. Hopefully our summer recruitment will satisfy them”

Thanks @JB

This shows that Pardew is here for the long term.

But the comments before in recent weeks and interview of how Mike Ashley is re-assuring that he will be here, then yesterday he comes out saying he has not spoken to or been contacted by Mike Ashley for other 3 weeks.

So, this clown is not assured of anything, and if he is then it is game over folks, all championship quality players coming in.

Debuchy is gone
Coloccini is gone
Remy is gone
Krul is gone
Santon is going
Ben Arfa is gone
Marveaux is gone

I don’t see why on Earth Ashley would get rid of Pardew other than to appease the fans, but he’s not exactly known for doing that.

Anyway, one more game left and then I guess we shall see what Ashley has in store for us. Deep joy.

Only watched the game in bits today, I know, terrible fan How did we play? I’m not getting carried away by the scoreline, but the fact we actually managed to score some goals leads me to think the team half resembled professional footballers today?

also their is a certain number that has to be named in a squad that have been in england for about 5 years before they reach the age 21, so sadly you can either have shola and saylor given extensions to their contracts or bring in new british players.

why does a player from abroad want to come here when the north east of england is nothing but countryside to them and newcastle have nothing about them which is in big clubs even our fans are in chaos at the minute.

I hate to do this but @ jackonthetoon, you state that you didn’t join the walkout because it was badly organised, you say SJP is your ground and you’ll be there long after ashley/pardew, then you show your unhappiness about pardew and that your saddened by the events yet you’ll be back next year…!!!

Validator a rather Apethetic showing from the happy clapping majority.
Any kind of protest, big or small is too big, and proves the point that there is something wrong at our club.
If there was a referendum held by the club ,where everyone must answer the questions.. asking if the fans are happy with the way the club is progressing and the football , direction and management the club is giving them, I wonder how many would say “yes I am happy with the football and the direction the club is taking” or , more likely, the answers would be the total opposite.
Unfortunately ,the club will never do this , so the oly way I can show support to the team and show my disgust at the way the club is being run ,is to do what I did today, anyone who feels the same way has the option of doing the same, or just sit and do nothing…….that is not an option, apathy does not invoke change nor debate, what I did (along with everyone else of a similar disposition) was to try and voice our displeasure ………..No-one forced me to do it, no-one said dont do it….I did it as an option, the only option, this was our only voice since the club will not ask the questions of its customers…..the answer is a resounding……Pardew Out….Ashley Out………IMHO

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